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Environmental Injustice, Political Agency and the Challenge of Creating Healthier Communities

Autor
Gendreau M. S.
Título de serie
Environmental Values | Vol. 25 (6), p. 707-728
Fecha
2016
Fuente
IUCN (ID: ANA-091214)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
White Horse Press | Lancaster, UK
ISSN
0963-2719
Tipo de documento
Artículo en publicación
Idioma
Inglés
Campo de aplicación
Internacional
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Ética y medio ambiente Participación pública Ordenación comunitaria Gobernanza
Resumen

I argue that our current understanding of the philosophical dimensions of environmental injustice neglects an important component of those injustices. Specifically, by focusing on distributive, participatory and recognitional injustice, we fail to respond to the ways that environmental exposures, even in the absence of physiological harms, can impact upon a person’s experience of herself as a political agent. This has important implications for interventions in cases of environmental injustice, but also for how we understand what is required for full participation in a polity.